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September 16, 2020
Six Sigma process improvement
September 16, 2020

Ideal Work Environment

In any business or entity where people work as a group with each person complimenting the other there needs to be an ideal work environment for the group to achieve its goals. An ideal work environment is working together as one person although people are working as a group. There are measures and practices that make the working environment conducive for all personnel from the supervisor or manager to the common employees. This paper looks at the conditions and relations that make the working with the group members appropriate to achieve the set goals.

The first aspect of healthy working environment is mutual respect between members at the workplace. In any given job environment, there is a hierarchy of responsibilities and the head of the group who delegates and give orders to others. The problem arises when an individual feels like they are not getting enough respect either from the seniors or the juniors making their work more difficult. In an ideal work environment there should exist an understanding and level of respect between the juniors and the seniors to foster good co-existence and an excellent working relationship. There always exists a challenge in ensuring that the level of mutual respect exists, and problems are always going to occur since everyone aspires to reach the top level in the entity. The enmity may arise due to competition between peers looking for the same place or the juniors and seniors who look for the same post. Ideally the workplace should be able to manage all these vices and ensure that there is a good relationship between members regardless of their position or career growth and development.

It is also essential for equality and fairness in the work environment. Equality pertains to delegation of duties and positions based on merit and transparency. Lack of transparency and being seen to be fair in conducting the business of the company creates enmity between workers who perceive others to have obtained their positions due to favoritism. These qualities increase chances of conflicts since the workers do not have mutual respect for each other, and their working relationship is weak. Balance in the working environment ensures that there is room for every member to achieve their targets and develop their careers based on a platform that is fair and transparent for all.

In addition, all members should be involved in making decisions related to the welfare and better working conditions of the workers. Every decision made that affects the workers; there should be an interaction, and all members should be engaged while making a decision. When an entity thinks of, for example, increasing the working hours, or the set targets for each employee in the entity the affected workers must be involved. Workers should not feel dejected on decisions that affect them but should rather feel as part of the company and therefore part of the decisions made by the entity. In practice, it increases the level of dedication and effort of employees since all employees feel as if they own the company.

In conclusion, an ideal working environment is unattainable since there is no way an entity will ensure all its employees are happy while at the same time achieve all its targets. The human factor is also a hindrance since people do not have the same view and will always see mistakes and ill intentions where none exists. However, each entity should strive as much as it can to achieve a level of ideal working environment to get the best out of its employees.